hostess yumminess

This is a sponsored review from BlogHer and Hostess

Hostess® products have been a part of my life ever since i can remember.
i have a deep love for the Hostess CupCake®.
it will never change.


when talby went to her first camp this summer i sent her a care package
and it had these New Frosted Devil's Food Donettes® and a card.
she was thrilled...said it was the best mail ever!
according to Hostess, Donettes are one of their most popular products. 
have you ever had them for breakfast?
we do on special occasions...vacation road trips, birthdays, or no-school days just to make it more fun!
kids think it's pretty awesome.




one of these goodies is always in my cart when i grocery shop.
the Hostess Chocolate Creme Twinkies® are NEW!
my kids thought it was great, combining two of their favorite things...chocolate and Twinkies!
with five kids we go through lots of Hostess snacks every week.
LOTS.
how cute is that little cowboy Twinkie dude?




having a special treat in the house is something i try to keep on hand all the time.
for rewards for good behavior like sharing or listening,
for saying "well done" on a test, 
for saying "cheer up"
or just because they are YUMMY.






my personal favorite is the CupCake.
the swirl of white frosting makes me smile.







school lunches at our house have a Hostess treat every time.
the type of snack cake varies, but there is always a sweet treat from Hostess in their lunch box.






when my children come home from school they have reading time, homework time, piano practice
and some basketball time. 
somewhere in there my kids have a snack.
they love the days where they get a big glass of cold milk and a yummy Hostess CupCake.

we usually get a little messy when we eat them.

you can't help but smile when you are eating one.
:)
getting the whipped cream in the center is a treat in itself!
talby claims her favorite food in the world to be whipped cream so these goodies are the best!





we eat our snack over homework or while we read books.
they always ask for more.
"just one more pleeeeeeeease!"






it's cool to see my kids enjoying the exact same snack i did when i was a little girl.
there aren't a lot of things in life i can say that about.
they have iPods and DVRs and computers.
they use cell phones and text.
they have handheld video games, electronic books, 
light-up scooters and dvd players in the car with wireless headphones.

but when i was seven years old...i ate that same Hostess CupCake after school, sitting by my sister, 
laughing at her silly stories and she laughed at mine.
just like my kids are doing today.
that is pretty sweet.

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Comments

[tiffany gardner]

pregnancy and cupcakes....need I say more????

[Tiffany]

It was always a special treat to see mom throw one in the shopping cart, or discover them in the grocery bag as we were putting them away when we got home.

[Lori Austin]

Twinkies have always been my fav. My parents raised us on
extremely limited means while I was growing up so to buy a box
of Twinkies was a HUGE treat. Yum...now I really want a Twinkie. ;-)

[Emily]

I've never really thought about that, that I ate hostess snacks as a kid and now my kids are. Chocolaty, whip creamy goodness...

[Vonda]

I love me some Hostess cupcakes. Having said that, they don't seem to ROCK MY BODY. lol

[lauren]

my mom and i used to devour the boxes of the powdered donettes on weekend mornings when we were both home...me from school and her from work. she was [and still is!] a very early riser, so i would pad out to the kitchen to discover her sitting there reading and enjoying the donettes! to this day, i still eat them and remember those mornings spent with her with a smile! :) *

[Juli]

I wasn't allowed these when I was a child. But once a year, traveling from Kansas to California, we were told we could pick one Hostess treat out when we gassed up the car. Just one treat, the entire road trip long. I always picked the pink "snowball" one. Heaven!

[GretchenP]

my dad would get the 2 pack of cupcakes, eat one and split the other for me and my brother.. omg the best!

[52scrap]

I was addicted to Twinkies while pregnant with my third baby. Had to have them, all the time!!! :) Maybe why I am still carrying baby weight, even after my baby is 5!

[ko. s]

They weren't allowed in our house! Tsk...tsk...I use to trade lunches in elementary school to get one of those snacks! Now I'm teaching my kids moderation and they love these yummy snacks! I love tossing a pack to them after school and watching their faces light up!

[Chris Lawlor]

Yum says it best!

[Jolene (Homespun Heritage)]

Too many to choose a fave! ~YUMLY~

[Toni :O)]

Oh man, I so had those treats in my lunches too...my fav? Suzy Q of course!!! Woot Woot! The BEST!!! Although now I have to say I love me a King Don but they are very, very rare as I'm trying to eat healthier! hah! Fun post...your kids are just so dang cute!

[Kati]

I used to eat them EVERYDAY in my lunch at school. SO good. One year I gave them up for lent....that was a long season without yummies!

[Lynda M.]

Ho Ho's were my fav! Cream swirled into chocolate cake and then dipped in chocolate - oh my! I used to have one after school too - great memories :)

[Karey]

Hostess cupcakes are my favorite too!!! Yummy!

[Nichole]

Ding Dongs. So, my fiance went looking for them like crazy a while back and we couldn't find them. Then he did, and I think I ate more than he did.

He went CRAZY when he found them. Absolutely insane.

[shannon]

I remember going to my Grandmas and I swear she would collect every Hostess dessert there was and always send us home with boxes and boxes of them! They are so yummy :)

[Sabrina]

My mom would never buy these for me, but once in awhile she would surprise me with some Twinkies! Best day ever!

[Nicole B.]

My Dad always did the grocery shopping, and he has quite a sweet tooth. He would always get some kind of Hostess treat, but the Ding Dongs were his/our favorite - I think partly because we loved the name, too!

[Collette Ezzell]

I have always been partial to Hostess Cupcakes the most but Twinkies hold a special place in my heart as well. After we left the box of twinkies out after making lunches, our cat Oogie somehow found his way up onto the kitchen countertop because we came home from work and on the family room floor was a twinkie wrapper with what looked like a deflated yellow balloon inside it. Upon closer inspection, it was indeed the outside of a twinkie, with all the creme filling out of it, Oogie loved Twinkies too!

[Lisa]

LOVE Hostess cupcakes...my kids do too :)

[beth]

my grandma would keep the cupcakes and those chocolate covered whipped cream filled cupcakes in her freezer. so whenever we went there, I knew those were waiting for me. and they are so good cold! you've got my mouth all ready for one....may have to pop one (or more!) of those boxes in the car this shopping trip!

[Naomi Williams]

I am a BIG fan of the cupcakes! My mom used to give them to us on RARE occasions in our school lunches! We had a Hostess discount store in our town that sold the day old stuff...it was my favorite place to shop...every last item in that store was deliciously carb-filled and it smelled like those mini fried fruit pies! We got a lot of bread and more healthy items there, but I loved the Zingers (pink coconut ones!!!) and the other great treats we would get on occasion.
Once, when I was in first grade, that store held a coloring contest of Snoopy sitting on his dog house. My entry ended up having funny lines on the grass part b/c I colored it on the side of cardboard box b/c I was in such a hurry to turn it in. The judges called it creativity, and I WON! It is the ONLY time in my whole life I have ever won anything, and it was at the Hostess store! What memories!

[Ashley Cook]

They were always the treat in my lunch box. I have food allergies, and hostess powdered sugar doughnuts were one of the few things on my "Safe" list. :)

[Ashley Cook]

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[Krissy]

Hoho's have ALWAYS been my favorite!! I still eat them the same way i did when i was little. I peel off the chocolate coating and eat it first. Then i "unroll" it and eat the layers one at a time. Then i eat the last roll with all the yummy goodness in the middle!! Mmm...might be time to buy some. :o)

[Jen N.]

I remember always, always peeling off the frosting layer of the Hostess Cupcakes and saving it for last. Delish!

[marci hurst]

i remember sharing ho-ho's at lunchtime with my best friend Mary--now my kids share them at school with their friends :)

[Tanya H]

For my 25th birthday, we were moving 3 hours away and I was in preterm labor, lol. My mom came down last minute to drive me to our new home, so I could stay reclined in the front seat and "on bedrest". When we stopped for a pitstop, she bought me HoHo's and had our car-full sing happy birthday to me. It totally made me cry but was absolutely one of the highlights of that otherwise lousy day! :)

[Gretchen]

Hohos make me oh-so happy!!!
Ding dongs run a VERY close second.
Seeing your pictures suddenly gives me a CRAVING!!! :)

[tara]

My mom made the best lunches on the planet...all the other kids were jealous of my lunches. for real.

there was always a hostess treat in the box...I'm sure that's what they were jealous of!

[kendra]

ahh, Hostess. My dad has delivered for them for years so we always had a cupboard packed with these goodies. I hated them. Now away from home for 13 years they aren't so bad:) Try the ding dong warmed in the microwave for a few seconds......mmmmmm, that's good stuff right there!

[kribss]

The cupcakes are my favorites too! Best memory, like so many others, was just getting them as a special treat since we didn't have a lot of money when I was growing up.

[Katy @ Live Laugh Love Craft]

Oh.my.gosh. The chocolate donettes are my fav!! My girls and Husband love them, too. Yum......................

[Lisa]

My husband has a love relationship with hostess cupcakes! Haha! There was something awhile back about hostess going bankrupt or something. Guess not! You are much more fun then I am! I stress about letting my kids have stuff like this for snacks. :)

[Thuy]

I remember my parents packing these yummy cupcakes in my lunchbox and now I am doing the same for my kiddos! =)

[Laura Phelps]

haven't eaten a Hostess ANYTHING in a hundred years
ok
not a hundred
thats stupid
I am only 41

so......
I guess I was about 12 maybe, the last time I ate Hostess
Devil Dog...is that Hostess?
that's what I ate

as for my kids now
I make all of their snacks from scratch
all homemade
organic
no sugar
vegan

just kidding
I feed them crap

ok
all for now
better go to bed
I am rambling...

and craving a devil a dog......

[Allison]

Now I want a cupcake! :)

[Wendy]

A nice chocolate Hostess cupcake with white icing in the middle and a big tall cold glass of milk ..... yum!

[Colleen]

My friends and I in high school polishing off a box of twinkies and smearing the cream on their noses. It was so fun. And I love the Ding Dongs!

[Amanda]

The white powdered sugar donettes were a staple in my house growing up. Now I eat them a bit more "grown up" by dunking them in coffee. YUM!

[Maria]

We usually grab a few bags of the mini donuts when we go camping for our departure/end of camping morning breakfast...they are always welcomed and expected!

[Kate W.]

i wish they were not so delicious :) so yummy!

[yvette]

twinkies remind me of middle school. they were sold in our snack bar and I think I ate one every day!

[Mary Beth Hunt]

We keep our Twinkies in the freezer and I admit to eating them frozen a time or two......

[Amy]

I remember I always enjoyed a Hostess Ho Hos after school with brothers. We would enjoy this yummy snack together, share (or fight over) toys and always have fun after school. I’m so glad to have this same memory shared with my brothers. That is my favorite Hostess snack cake memory!
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[Melody]

we always had a special hostess treat in our lunches growing up as well - the swirly cupcakes were my favorite - haven't thought about them in ages...but I think a trip to the store is in order tomorrow to pick up a box. :)

[Staci]

When I was younger we would freeze twinkies when we took trips to the beach. They were GOOD! and refreshing. Thanks for sharing and making me hungry!!!

[Amy Lynne]

We we're given a lot of sweets as kids, but during my long college days I would grab a pack of the orange cupcakes. Oh my word, such a good reward for tackling all my course assignments! My hubby recently brought me a pack and I had to giggle as the memories came rushing back!

[mary]

For many years I taught second grade at an urban school. Every month we celebrated birthdays. Most months no one brought anything to celebrate so I would go around the corner to the hostess discount store and load up on treats. We would stick a candle in and a party was born. I love the chocolate rolls!

[Julianne Brimner]

My mom never had store bought snacks in our house, only homemade cookies or pies. I loved her home baked goods, but when I went to my friend’s house she had twinkies...so yummy. And now that I know there are chocolate creme filled twinkies...oh my.

[michelle@decorandthedog]

I used to make fun of my for sticking her Hostess cupcakes in the freezer. Now I do the same thing!

[Karie]

Hostess snacks were a super special treat when I was a kid...my mom didn't splurge on them often, so when she did, it was a BIG deal!

[Julia F]

I remember when I was a kid, eating the Hostess Cupcake in a particular order. Picking the white curly-q icing off, peeling the chocolate icing off in one piece, eating the whip cream center, then finally the cake. I'm putting these on my grocery list now...

[Kristy]

Oh, how I love the donettes! I wish I didn't. When I was little and my dad (who has a huge sweet tooth) needed a little treat he would take us to the store on the way home from school and let us pick a Hostess treat. Yum!

[Laine]

I loved the cupcakes when I was a kid! (still do actually!) My mom only bought them on special occasions. And I always put them in the freezer before eating them, too...oh yeah, and peeled the icing off the top before eating it, lol. Here I am trying to lose my pregnancy weight and you're making me hungry! =P

[Edie S.]

Mmmm, I have great memories of those cupcakes as a kid! My mom very rarely bought snacks like that, but I still remember standing in the yard at a cousin's house in the hot sun savoring a slightly melted Hostess cupcake with the white swirlies on top!!

[Jenn]

The little chocolate donuts are awesome. I call them chocolate waxy donuts...so good. I haven't had them in forever! Now onto the Ding Dongs, my Kryptonite. Yes, that's right. I cannot have them in the house, sadly. I will eat the entire box in one sitting. Not good, but well good, but not good for me. I call them Dang Dongs, because they are so dang good. I know, cheesy. I'm anxious to see all that you will do with your new house. Exciting stuff!

[Peggy in TN]

I grew up with a Hostess treat in my lunch sack every day too! My favorite part of the cupcake back then was lifting the frosting off and saving it for last. Happy times. Happy memories.

[MeganM]

Hostess Cupcakes were always a treat for my sister and me. We would peel off the frosting and save that for last! They are so yummy!

[cw]

I remember the stash of frozen ding dongs in our basement freezer. I loved eating them frozen!!

[Betsy]

Oh, my favorite memoryof anything Hostess is when we would camp on Cape Cod and find a couple bags of the Donettes in one of the big plastic tubs full of treats. Started when I was 8, and now my 8 year old daughter goes searching for them when we camp at the Cape now. Love it.

[Sandy]

Ding Dongs were my favorite!!! Remember, Suzie Q's, were they Hostess?? They were insanely good!!!

[megan]

I love when my preschooler comes home and says, "Thanks mom, I loved my lunch today!" (I know he means the extra special dessert/Hostess snack I packed). He is ALL ABOUT the dessert!!

[Molly]

I love how my daughters say Cruellers when they want me to buy a at the store :)

[Vicki]

When I was growing up, we always knew that Grama B would have Hostess Ding Dongs in her freezer just waiting for our visit. We would wait a polite few minutes before we would put on our biggest puppy eyes and gather around Grama and ask for our treat. Pulling back the frozen foil and taking that first bite of icy cold chocolatey goodness with the still-creamy-when-frozen delicious center wrapped up in the perfect combination of waxiness and chocolatiness outerlayer... words cannot express... other than the words I just used. :o)

30 years later, when I was pregnant with my first child, the chocolate donettes were one of my most consistent cravings... obviously a comfort food for me from waaaaaay back. I still sneak them into my cart every now and then. But I think it may be time to free up some freezer space and return to my first love. YooHoo! DingDongs! Pack your bags, cuz I'm comin' to gitcha!

[Elizabeth Ann]

Hostess CupCakes were always a special treat in my lunch box growing up. I remember trying to sneak them from the cupboard after school as well :)

[Amy]

Hostess treats are the best! I remember playing at a friend's house one day and her mom took us out to get a special treat for being so good. I chose a Hostess cherry pie. I was pretty sure that I was the luckiest girl in the world! :)

[jen]

my favorite memory of a hostess snack cake was when i actually got one!! my father owned restaurants, my mother is a caterer and i eventually had my own baking business so treats like that were just never around or thought of. but when we did breakdown and have them {usually at the pleading of my sister and me} they were wonderful!

[Kate @ Songs Kate Sang]

Meg, thank you for this opportunity. I love Hostess! So yummy.

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[Shelby A.]

My mom would buy a package of Ding Dongs and hide them in the freezer. If we were having a bad day, she would take out a frozen Ding Dong and microwave it for a few seconds until it was warm and gooey. That always helped us feel better, (and still does!)

[Cindy]

My favorite memory w/Hostess brings me back to the farm. (I'm an Iowa girl!) :) We'd walk rows and rows and acres and acres of soybeans in the summer pulling weeds for my dad. My mom would pack lunches for us if we'd be working far away or she'd bring us lunches if we were in fields close to home, but one thing was always sure~Hostess cupcakes to follow our lunchmeat sandwiches! I remember sitting in a pasture to eat lunch with my dad and sisters in the hot summer sun! At the time I despised it, now I look back and love the work-ethic it taught me.

[Sarah]

My favorite is the regular Twinkie! I used to love them dunked in milk like a cookie!!! YUM! I didn't even know they had them with chocolate filling....may have to head to the grocery store! HA!

[linda]

we always had travel soccer tournaments for my brother...i always remember having hostess donuts for breakfast in the hotel rooms before we had to watch his games for the day--best part of the day! now my kids love the ho-ho's, cupcakes and donettes!

[Jessica B]

I love pretty much anything Hostess, but my daughter and I LOVE the white donettes (or snow donuts as she calls them). They are usually a special treat, but now that I am pregnant again it seems like they are in the house more than they aren't. :)

[giving]

yum! peeling the white swirly off the top of the cupcake and eating that first. then peeling the chocolate frosting off and eating it. then breaking the cupcake in half and licking the frosting out....takes me back to elementary school :)

[Alisa]

this i a bit of a tease... we dont have hostess goodies here in NewZealand.. but man oh man I want to try now...

[Ronda]

Cupcakes are my favorite as well. They were always in my lunchbox!:)

[Cheryl]

I remember that we didn't get Hostess treats very often but sometimes my mom would get them and put them in our lunches. It was so special to open my lunch and find a cupcake inside.

[Kelly Massman]

I remember eating yummy regular twinkies when I was young--it was a rare treat back then... thanks for a chance to win!
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[Stacey]

Oh those pink snowballs, I haven't thought about those in years. I should lighten up and let my kiddos try some of these treats out.... : )

[Janelle]

cute post :)

[Andrea @ Big Creek Cottage]

I was raised by the greatest single mom in the world. She was a teacher and clearly ( I know this now) did not make much money.....but I didn't know it.... Our favorite "treat" each weekend was purchasing hostess cupcakes or ding dongs....Ding dongs were her favorites. Every time i have a ding dong (probably more than I should)......i remember us enjoying our treat together. My favorite is still the yummy cup cakes!

[Michelle From Australia]

I know I am not eligible for the giveaway as I am not a US resident :( BUT, do you know I haven't ever tried any of the products you pictured??? And my 'things to do when next in America' list just got about half a dozen things longer.....

[Library Momma]

My grandma always had twinkies when we were little, mom not so much!

[Rebecca]

Comfort food! Yum!

[LibraryGirl62]

We got to go to the Hostess factory for field trips. We each received a loaf of bread, a white paper cap and a HOSTESS CUPCAKE!!!
Best. Day. Ever!!!!

[Lisa Foster]

My great-aunt Louise always kept a stash of Twinkies in a big bowl on her kitchen counter for my uncle. Every time I would vist them as a child I would run to the kitchen and plead for just one package (which she always obliged)

[Lisa Foster]

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[Andrea]

Twinkies were my favorite growing up and now my girls love them too!

[sara @ it's good to be queen]

oh man now i really want a bag of donettes. love those things. my mom would buy those for a treat on the weekends growing up. i haven't really bought hostess snacks for my kids...not really sure why. i guess trying to be healthy. i do buy the donettes every once in a while for fun. and a lot when i was preggers. i think this would be a fun after school snack for my boys...i'm gonna do it.

[Nicole F.]

Pink snowballs make me think of spending time with my dad at his shop when I was a kid. He loved snowballs so of course I did too! :)

[Kasey]

I used to love Twinkies when I was little. Can't bring myself to put any of that
junk in my body anymore!

[Rebecca]

Never met a twinkie I didn't like!

[Julie Wetzold Schellin]

Long live Ding Dongs!! Thanks for the giveaway!

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[Megan B]

We actually don't keep Hostess products at our house BECAUSE - my mom always has them and wants it to be a special "Mimi's house" thing. :) My son always gets a Ding Dong when he visits his Mimi and Big Papa. :)